Garment leg-supporter



UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

GARMENT LEG-SUPPORTER.

Application 1ed January 17, 1921.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HELEN K. lVHrrn, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Alameda, county of Alameda, andState of California, have invented a new and useful GarmentLeg-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention Vlrelates to garment :supporters.

An object of the invention is to provide improved means for supportingabove the knee the ends of the legs of boys trousers. Another object ofthe invention is the provision of mea-ns which accomplishes the desiredresult by cooperation with the gartersl which are already part of theboys outfit, and without the addition of further restrictive bands.

My invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some ofwhich, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the followingdescription of my invention. It is to be understood that I do not limitmyself to the showing made by the said description, as I may adoptvariant forms of my invention within the scope of the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of the legof a pair of trousers and my supporter arranged thereon, and incooperation with a side garter. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing mysupporter in coperation with a round garter. Fig. 3 is a view of theinside of the leg and knee band.

It is well known to parents of growing boys that the lower portion ofthe legs of the boys trousers are more frequently hanging in a slovenlymanner below the knees than retained above the knees in the neat wayintended. This is due to the serene indifference to sartorial effectscharacterizing the healthy male at this age, and also to the absence ofany satisfactory means for holding the garments in the position desiredduring his normal activities. Buckles and buttons have provedunsatisfactory since they customarily last no longer than it requires topull them olf or tear out the button holes. Elastic bands are generallytoo tight or 6 o too loose. It is therefore the broad purpose of myinvention to provide a simple means for obviating the diiculty, andwhich per- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 19.21. seri-.u No. 437,676.

forms its function with certainty and convenience and without additionalconstrictive pressure on the leg.

Sewed securely on the inside of the knee band 2 of the garment are twobands 3 and l which are connected by a snap 5, and which thus form aloop. A one-piece band without the snap, and fastened at each end may beused, but I prefer a two-piece separable loop for its greaterconvenience and because,

my device may then be used with or round type of garter. Y

With the side garter, the garter ends are inclosed within the. loop andthen secured to the stocking in the usual way. The knee band which isarranged to loosely encircle the leg is then buttoned above the knee.Because of theencircling loop the tendency of the knee band to fallbelow the knee is resisted and prevented by the garter. In undressing, aloosening of the garter from the stocking permits it to be freed fromthe loop. Either a one-piece or av two-piece separable loop may be usedwith the side garter.

With the round garter, usually adopted for the older boys, the loop issnapped through the garter and the knee band buttoned loosely about theleg above the knee.

I claim:

l. The combination with a trousers leg and a separate garter, of a bandcomprising a loop arranged on the leg and in which said arter may beenga ed.

2. he combination with a trousers leg and a separate garter, of a bandcomprising a loop in which said garter may be engaged arranged on theinside of said leg adjacent its end.

3. The combination with a trousers leg and a garter, of a band ixedlyattached at one end to said leg, and means for releasably attaching theother end of the band to said leg to form a loop in which said gartermay be engaged.

4. A garment comprising a loosely fitting knee band, a loop arrangedthereon and a garter inclosed by said loop and otherwise unconnected tosaid knee band.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

HELEN K. WHITE.

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